The ocean and all that live in it are much better off thanks to the removal of over 1.3 tonne of rope earlier this month from a beach near Yallingup. The rope, a discarded commercial fishing longline, washed ashore last October during big storms and ended up on a section of rocky coastline between Canal Rocks and Wyadup.

The sheer volume of the rope and the difficult to access location left Tangaroa Blue and government agencies scratching their heads as to how best remove this threat to the marine environment. Finally a plan was hatched with Tangaroa Blue consulting with DPaW's Ngari Marine Park rangers to engage the help of the Royal Australian Navy. A team of 20 Royal Australian Navy personnel from HMAS Stirling made short work of the estimated 6km of rope, cutting it into manageable sections using both hand and power tools, and bagging it up to be carried out to an awaiting vehicle. In total 106 bags of rope were carried out, weighing a combined 1329 kilograms. Photo credit ABIS Julianne Cropley Royal Australian Navy.

For the third year running Tangaroa Blue Foundation volunteers, have been joined by a team from Conservation Volunteers Australia, Lockhart River State School students and teachers, and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Rangers for a clean-up along iconic Chilli Beach, in remote Cape York.

This 6.7km section of coastline in the Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park is for the moment marine debris free, with over 3.4 tonnes of mainly plastic pollution being removed by volunteers over the 5 day event.

Not only was the 3.4 tonnes removed from the beach, but data was collected for inclusion in the Australian Marine Debris Database, which is used to track debris to the source, and to create strategies that prevent rubbish and waste from entering the environment in the first place.

As a boy, filmmaker James Cameron dreamed of a journey to the deepest part of the ocean. DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D is an astonishing documentary feature about the dramatic fulfilment of that dream, a historic expedition which took Cameron on the first-ever solo dive to the deepest place on the planet, deeper than Everest is high; the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Check out the trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwgqL6n2SOw

Tangaroa Blue Foundation has 5 double tickets to see this amazing film at one of 50 locations around Australia screening from August 21st!* To win one of 5 double tickets be one of the first 5 people to 'like' Tangaroa Blue' on Facebook and post the correct answers to these questions.

1. How many thongs were found in the 2013 Mapoon Beach Clean Up?

2. How long is it estimated for a plastic bottle to break down into micro-plastics in the ocean?

3. Why are single-use plastics bad for the environment?

4. What is bad for turtles to eat that looks like their natural food?

5. What does "Tangaroa" mean?

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